Hollywood comes to Camden: “Call Her King” invades City Hall

“Call Her King,” an upcoming,  action-packed thriller will be screened Thursday, June 29th. 2023, will premiere at Walter K. Gordon Theater, on Rutgers University – Camden’s campus. Located at 314 Linden Street, Camden, the premiere will begin with a Red Carpet entrance at 4:30pm and lead into the “Welcome” at 5pm and begin the screening at 5:15pm, concluding with a Q&A session with the cast and director.

The movie follows the story of Judge Jaeda King, played by Naturi Naughton (Power, Notorious) who presides over a courtroom that has recently sentenced Sean Samuels to prison. Samuels is played by Jason Mitchell (The Chi, Straight Out Of Compton) and his brother Gabriel played by Lance Gross (House of Payne, Our Kind of People), comes to disrupt the proceedings. The film also stars Shiobann Amisial. (Bel-Air, Grown-Ish, Better Things)

“Call Her King” is written and directed by Wes Miller, who is known for his thrilling movies like “A Day to Die” and “Hell on the Border.” Miller grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and graduated with a law degree, in which he practiced until 2015, thus leaving and committing fully to storytelling. This is the first production from Miller’s production company, Blacklight Entertainment, co-founded by Andrew Van Den Houten. Blacklight’s mission is to provide opportunities for people of color in the film industry.

Filmed locally, between Camden and Gloucester County, this is the latest slice of Hollywood, coming to the South Jersey area. Partnered with The South Jersey Film Office Cooperative,  an initiative to encourage incentives for the film and television industry, whose recent work includes M. Night Shyamalan’s feature film, “Knock at the Cabin,” filmed primarily in Tabernacle, New Jersey.

Call Her King will premiere on BET on Thusday July 6th, so grab your popcorn and tune in!!